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Nearly 900 need medical treatment at Montreal marathon events One of the organizers of the Montreal marathon says almost 900 people received medical attention as Sunday’s 10-kilometre and half-marathon events took place in the blazing heat. The shorter events were still held even after the full 42.2-kilometre distance was cancelled because of concerns over high […]

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: ‘Bus Stop Rapist’ to be released from penitentiary in early October The man who came to be known as the Bus Stop Rapist while Montreal and Laval police worked to solve who was behind a series of sexual assaults on young female victims is scheduled […]

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: Quebec renews — but modifies — Uber pilot project Quebec is renewing its pilot project with Uber for another year, with some modifications, Transport Minister Laurent Lessard said on Friday. However, the ride-sharing company will have to abide by a few new rules. Lessard said […]

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: CHUM inaugurates downtown hospital complex Vive le CHUM! was the rallying cry from those attending the official inauguration of the new French-language hospital, held Sunday in the presence of Premier Philippe Couillard, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, hospital […]

Substitute Abu Danladi scored in the 89th minute as Minnesota United dealt the Montreal Impact’s playoff hopes a body blow with a 3-2 victory before a sellout crowd of 20,801 at Saputo Stadium on Saturday night. Blerim Dzemaili put Montreal ahead 2-1 in the 55th minute, but Christain Ramirez responded in the 68th and Danladi […]

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: Weekend Read: Vietnam Revisited More than four decades after the fall of Saigon, the most ambitious attempt ever made to capture the story on film is coming to PBS. Gazette columnist Jack Todd reveals his connection with the 18-hour documentary — and recalls his life-changing […]

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: Amber Alert cancelled after abducted boy found safe Nearly 24 hours after a six-year-old boy was abducted from the home in St-Eustache where a woman had been found dead, triggering one of the longest Amber Alerts in Quebec history and a search spanning two provinces, […]

A Concordia University researcher says she's developed a new, largely automated, method to measure the severity of concrete defects in subway systems that's more accurate, and could be less costly, than the current method of visual inspection.

Gretta Chambers, the first female chancellor of McGill University and a noted journalist in Montreal for several decades, has died at the age of 90. She passed away Saturday morning at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal.

I walked into a fast-food restaurant recently and used familiar tactics, scanning the room as if looking for a friend. Then, I eyed the menu on the wall, pretending to see what burger I’d order. Finally, I ambled off to my real destination: the bathroom, which, thankfully, didn’t need a key. It’s a common strategy […]

Montreal's mayor and local environmental groups say they're pleased that TransCanada Corp. has asked the National Energy Board to suspend its review of the Energy East Pipeline, but some pro-business organizations say it could have a negative effect on Quebec's economy.

Let’s take a look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: Patient tries to strangle ER nurse at Montreal General A nurse was nearly strangled early Saturday morning by a psychiatric patient in the emergency room of the Montreal General Hospital — an attack that was made all the more horrific because of the […]

The debate over how to boost sagging enrollment in Quebec's English school system is still alive with some Liberals saying the Charter of the French Language should be loosened up to allow more francophones into the anglophone system.

A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal: No guarantees of asylum for refugees, Premier Couillard says “Yes, we are a society with a compassionate, welcoming tradition that we are proud of, but we are also a society that believes in the rule of law and fairness,” Philippe Couillard told reporters Saturday. “This […]

At a press conference, Bellucci said the reason she’s here shooting Ville-Marie is simple. She was blown away by Édoin’s screenplay and loved the role he was proposing for her. She was even more sold on coming here to work with Édoin after she watched Marécages.

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